Stuffing or packing bearing-box.



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APPLmA'mN min APR. 19, 1.915.

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vtion of the .packing 561.

tact with the integral collar 4Q of the rock shaft 40. Suitable packing 56 may be arranged in the counter recess 41, against which the cylindrical surface ofthe collar 42 engages. Adjacent where the shaft 40 integrally connects to the collar 42, an annular recess 56a is provided, for the recep- This packing 56" and 56 insure prevention of leakage. The outer end of the rock shaft 4() has a reduced extension 56c rectangular in cross section, to engage a correspondingly shaped opening 56l in one end of an operating lever 56e, there being a suitable nut 56) threaded upon an extension 56g, which extends axially from the extension 56C. This nutconstitutes means to hold the operating lever 56e in place. It

is to be noted that moving the lever 56e in one direction or the other, the 'shaft 40 may be rocked, which in turn Will reciprocate a connecting rod 31, through the medium of the arm 45, to open and close the valve 26. The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:

A stufling bearing box for a rock shaft,

comprising in combination with a wall having an'opening and a counter recess adjoining said opening, a shaft mounted in said opening, a plate having a central opening and opening, and mounted upon said shaft, whereby the boss may fit said counter recess, said counter recess having a shoulder, a. collar integral to the shaft and litting between the shoulder and said boss and pio- PETER J. MAGUIRE. Witnesses:

EVA BEEM, MAE E. ROBERTS.

provided with a boss adjoining its and provided with nuts to en- 

